Today was Global Accessibility Awareness Day. I had a great chat with Juan Olarte about his work to make digital information (websites and documents) more accessible as well as what National Park Accessibility means to him. Near the end he high

E96: COVID-19, Part 72 - Omicron, the Fifth wave

Dec 17th, 2021 21m 37s

Tonya and I discuss how cases are increasing rapidly and what the province needs to do. Yesterday evening (when we recorded this) the number of new cases was just over 2400 - today it is just over 3100.

E95: What's next? Part 2 - Vicki Komisar, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

Nov 10th, 2021 46m 55s

Vicki shared her journey through her undergraduate and graduate studies, applying for jobs in and outside academia and how to give a good job talk. In particular, she gave some great advice on how to deal with imposter syndrome.You can find he

E93: What's next? Part 0 - Introduction to a new series

Nov 6th, 2021 1m 59s

This is a quick introduction to what this podcast is about.

E94: What's next? Part 1 - Ahmed, Biomedical Engineer, Founder of Hellamaid

Nov 3rd, 2021 39m 39s

Ahmed took the time to share advice for deciding what to do after school for undergrad and graduate students. He also describes his plans for the next phase in his life as the Founder of Hellamaid.The Reddit article that helped Ahmed launch hi

E92: COVID-19, Part 71 - Fourth wave

Aug 10th, 2021 18m 46s

This was recorded over a week ago. Tonya and I talk about how worried we should be about a fourth wave.

E91: COVID-19, Part 70 - Third wave

Apr 14th, 2021 45m 37s

Tonya and I discuss the record breaking COVID-19 case numbers happening now in the third wave.

E90: COVID-19, Part 69 - 1 year later

Mar 14th, 2021 28m 56s

Tonya and I both went back and listened to our podcast from 1 year ago (Friday March 13, 2020) and reflected on it.

E89: COVID-19, Part 68 - Variants

Feb 23rd, 2021 22m 11s

Case numbers are going down but variant numbers are creeping up.

E88: COVID-19, Part 67 - Numbers going up again

Feb 23rd, 2021 23m 3s

This episode was actually recorded a few months ago on November 29th when case counts were going up.

E87: COVID-19, Part 66 - Good things come in threes

Nov 10th, 2020 36m 19s

In this episode, Tonya and I discuss three pieces of good news: the Pfizer vaccine, Drs Lo and de Villa push back and Joe Biden becomes President Elect.

E86: COVID-19, Part 65 - Second wave, second lockdown?

Oct 3rd, 2020 30m 14s

Tonya and I discuss the second wave and the likelihood of another lockdown in Toronto.

E85: COVID-19, Part 64 - More back to school planning

Aug 11th, 2020 38m 33s

This episode was recorded on August 3rd. Tonya and I talk more about the plans for school reopening.

E84: COVID-19, Part 63 - Back to school planning

Jul 31st, 2020 27m 27s

Tonya and I discuss the province's plan for September for getting kids back to school.

E83: COVID-19, Part 62 - Two vaccines showing promise

Jul 21st, 2020 17m 30s

Tonya and I talk about the news today that two COVID-19 vaccines released findings and are showing promise

E82: COVID-19, Part 61 - Things are looking up

Jul 10th, 2020 22m 58s

Tonya and I talk about how things are looking pretty good in Ontario right now. This episode was recorded on July 7th.

E81: COVID-19, Part 60 - What returning to school could look like

Jun 25th, 2020 33m 27s

Tonya and I discuss the SickKids report on how schools should handle kids going back to school.

E80: Black Lives Matter Protests - Police violence is a public health issue

Jun 14th, 2020 51m 33s

This episode was recorded on June 7th. Tonya and I touch on COVID stats but talk mostly about the Black Lives Matter protests and how some horrific events have gotten people around the world talking about the issue of police violence and racism

E79: COVID-19, Part 59 - Testing asymptomatic people, park shaming, and are we in the second wave now?

May 25th, 2020 24m 11s

Tonight Tonya and I talk about the decision to start testing asymptomatic people in Ontario, how people in parks getting shamed.

E78: COVID-19, Part 58 - Are we there yet? No. Are we there yet? No. Are we there yet? No.

May 23rd, 2020 19m 39s

Tonya and I talk about how we're starting to get antsy and we're ready for the lock down to be over...but we're not there yet. We also talk about how the Micheal Warner, a critical care doctor at Michael Garron hospital, thinks Ontario public h

E77: COVID-19, Part 57 - Are we ready?

May 20th, 2020 20m 53s

Tonight we talk about why we think the public health leadership in Ontario is not inspiring confidence as restrictions start to be lifted. Here is the article we discuss: https://nationalpost.com/news/lockdown-and-release-how-ontarios-imperfect

E76: COVID-19, Part 56 - Flatten or stamp out?

May 16th, 2020 18m 6s

Tonya and I talk about how we need to discuss the potential for stamping out COVID rather than just flattening the curve. Here's the article by Irfan Dhalla we discuss: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-elimination-not-adaptation-

E75: COVID-19, Part 55 - Ontario to open up more after the long weekend

May 15th, 2020 22m 53s

Tonya and I talked about Ontario further easing restrictions on businesses, plan for Ontario schools still unclear and Montreal schools will not open until September.

E74: COVID-19, Part 54 - Mixed messaging

May 13th, 2020 37m 56s

Tonya and I talked about how the Premiere's inconsistent messaging around physical distancing may have set us back in Ontario but that it may reflect what much of the public is feeling.

E73: COVID-19, Part 53 - COVID may have been predictable and how this is feeding into conspiracy theories

May 12th, 2020 16m 41s

Tonight I talked about how experts have been predicting an outbreak for many years. In November 2019, an Expert Panel released a report on the Potential Socio-Economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance (https://cca-reports.ca/reports/the-pote